Wednesday, December 17, 2025
This time of year doesn’t need more effort. It needs something steady.
You don’t have to fix the whole year before January. And you don’t need another promise about who you’ll become later.
Toxic wanting quietly drives decisions, relationships, and outcomes — especially under pressure. Left unexamined, it distorts judgment and creates unnecessary strain, both personally and collectively
What does that mean for you?
It usually shows up as a subtle but persistent push.
The sense that you should do something before the year ends — even if you’re not sure what.
The urge to make a promise to your future self instead of dealing honestly with what’s here now.
The feeling that rest, steadiness, or contentment can wait until later — after one more effort, one more fix, one more push.
For many people, toxic wanting doesn’t feel dramatic. It feels reasonable. Responsible, even.
But over time, it creates fatigue, impatience, and a low-grade sense that you’re always behind — even when you’ve done nothing wrong.
This time of year amplifies that pattern.
The noise is louder. The comparisons are sharper. The unspoken expectations multiply. And wanting steps in to tell you that if you just try harder — emotionally, spiritually, or practically — things will finally settle. They rarely do.
What actually helps is clarity.
And clarity doesn’t come from forcing closure. It comes from seeing what’s driving you.
That’s why I wrote these books.

A different kind of holiday gift — one that arrives when it can truly be received.
They’re not about self-improvement or reinvention. They’re about recognizing how wanting operates beneath the surface of our choices — and learning how to interrupt it without denial, force, or shame.
This is a short series of books focused on recognizing and interrupting toxic wanting — with clear language and practical tools you can apply immediately.
The work comes from years of direct observation — personal, professional, and cultural — of how wanting shapes decisions under pressure. The books distill that into something usable, not aspirational.
I’m offering them now because the world feels increasingly unstable, and inner stability matters more than ever. For me, these books are not just a personal achievement — but a gift to the world, showing a way of standing in truth, steadiness, and responsibility.
If you’ve noticed this pressure in yourself, and felt the quiet cost of it, you don’t need to fix the year.You just need a steadier way to meet it.
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